Toutle, Washington
Unincorporated community
Toutle is located in Washington (state)
Toutle
Toutle
Location in the state of Washington
Coordinates: 46°19′29″N 122°44′11″W / 46.32472°N 122.73639°W / 46.32472; -122.73639
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyCowlitz
Elevation
[1]
152 m (499 ft)
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98649
Area code360
FIPS code53-72100
GNIS feature ID1511568

Toutle is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington.

Etymology

Both the town and Toutle River, derive their name from a band of the Skillot people of the Chinookan tribe, the Hullooetell.[2]

Geography

Toutle is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Castle Rock along Washington State Route 504, which is also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.[3] Toutle is near Mount St. Helens and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, which lies at the end of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.

Education

The Toutle community is part of the Toutle Lake School District, a K–12 school district of about 694 students[4] that serves the communities of Toutle and Silver Lake, Washington.

References

  1. ↑ "USGS—Toutle, Washington". Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Waldman, Carl; Braun, Molly (February 1, 2009). "Major Native Place-Names in the United States and Canada". Atlas of the North American Indian (3rd ed.). Infobase Publishing. pp. 387. ISBN 978-0-8160-6858-6.
  3. ↑ Washington State Legislature. "RCW 47.17.655: State Route 504". Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Toutle Lake School District". www.toutlesd.org. Retrieved May 12, 2023.


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